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WITNESSETH: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 1 Contract No. 0 7- WC. - 4.10 "a 9 0 COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT WAYNE N. ASPINALL STORAGE UNIT LONG -TERM WATER SERVICE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES and OLDCASTLE SW GROUP dba UNITED COMPANIES OF MESA COUNTY (UNITED COMPANIES) THIS CONTRACT, made this 2 '/ day of (5,42 71-ember- , 2007, pursuant to the Act of Congress approved June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, and particularly pursuant to the Colorado River Storage Project Act approved April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 105), between THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hereinafter referred to as the United States, represented by the officer executing this contract, his duly appointed successor or his duly authorized representative, hereinafter referred to as the Contracting Officer, and United Companies, hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, WHEREAS, the following statements are made in explanation: (a) The United States has constructed Blue Mesa Dam and Reservoir as a unit of the Colorado River Storage Project, for the furnishing of water for irrigation, municipal, and other beneficial uses; and (b) The Contractor has requested a water service contract for 5.0 acre -feet of municipal and industrial water stored in Blue Mesa Reservoir; and (c) The Contractor's point of use shall be in SE1 /4 of the SE1 /4, SW1 /4 of the SE1 /4 and the SE1/4 of the SW1 /4 of Section 36 in Township 48 North, Range 9 West and NE1 /4 of the NE1 /4 Section 1 in Township 47 North, Range 9 West, New Mexico PM; and (d) The Contractor desires a water supply stored at Blue Mesa Dam for augmentation of depletions resulting from evaporation, dust control and material removal on gravel mining operations pursuant the Contractor's plan of augmentation has been applied for with the District Court in Water Division 4.